More than 5,300 New York police officers resigned or retired last year—a sharp increase of 75 percent over the previous year—as morale fell following widespread unrest and calls to defund the police in response to the police-involved death of George Floyd in May 2020. Resigning officers accounted for 15 percent of total officers leaving their…
Police Officers Leave NYPD as Anti-Police Sentiment Shatters Morale
Court Rejects ‘Racial Justice’ Demonstrator’s Challenge to Federal Anti-Riot Law
A federal judge in Alabama on Thursday ruled against a so-called racial demonstrator who had challenged a federal law against civil disorder that she’s accused of violating. Tia Pugh’s attorney argued that 18 U.S. Code § 231, which says that whoever commits or tries to commit “any act to obstruct, impede, or interfere with any fireman…
Texas AG Slams Police Department After Video Shows Officer Allegedly Allowing BLM to Block Traffic
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation after a video shot in Plano appeared to show a police officer allowing Black Lives Matter protesters and apparently armed Antifa-type agitators to block traffic before the officer reprimanded a driver who got out and confronted them. “I instructed one of my top deputies to contact the Plano…
Media Bias Creates Perception of Police Systemic Racism: Professor
Evidence doesn’t support the claim that there’s “systemic racism” among police, and the media has contributed to that misperception, according to associate professor Wilfred Reilly from Kentucky State University. “I think that present company of course accepted a great deal of the blame here has to go to the U.S. media and, to a lesser…
New York Man Admits to Sabotaging NYPD Car During Black Lives Matter Protests
A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty after he was accused of trying to cut the brake lines on an NYPD vehicle amid the George Floyd protests and riots last year. Jeremy Trapp, 25, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court on Friday to one count of destruction of a vehicle, said the Department of Justice (DOJ) in…
BLM Protesters Storm Oklahoma Capitol Over GOP-Backed Actions Like Anti-Riot Bill
A group of more than two dozen “Black Lives Matter” protesters interrupted Oklahoma’s House of Representatives on Wednesday to rally against Republican-backed bills, including legislation that protects motorists who inadvertently cause harm to rioters or protesters who put motorists lives at risk. The Oklahoma House of Representatives was momentarily forced to come to a halt…
Black Lives Matter Protesters Storm Oklahoma Capitol
A group of more than two dozen “Black Lives Matter” protesters interrupted Oklahoma’s House of Representatives on Wednesday to rally against Republican-backed bills, including legislation that protects motorists who inadvertently cause harm to rioters or protesters who put motorists lives at risk. The Oklahoma House of Representatives was momentarily forced to come to a halt…
BLM Co-founder Purchases $1.4 Million Home in a 0.4 Percent Black Population Community | Larry Elder
Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of Blacks Lives Matter and a self-claimed “trained Marxist “, appears to be doing quite well for herself. Last year, she signed a major Hollywood production deal. The value of the deal remains undisclosed. But the Cullors just purchased a $1.4 million home in Topanga Canyon California with a white population…
Mark McCloskey, Lawyer Who Brandished His Rifle at Black Lives Matter Protesters, Floats Senate Bid
Mark McCloskey, the St. Louis lawyer who brandished his assault rifle at Black Lives Matter protesters as they marched through his neighborhood, floated a bid for Missouri’s open Senate seat. “I can confirm that it’s a consideration, yes,” McCloskey told Politico Tuesday evening, adding that he had no official timeline for announcing his decision. He…
Is History More Fiction Than Fact?
Commentary Most people believe that the study of history involves an accurate and objective description and evaluation of events that happened in the past. However, the Black Lives Matter movement, which is making headlines throughout the world, has changed this understanding of “history.” As is well-known, the movement depicts the history of the United States…
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